Town Hall gig reviewed in The Orcadian. at Orkney Bands

Town Hall gig reviewed in The Orcadian.

Published by Matthias April 13th, 2006 in Reviews.

Fundraising gig is spot-on for young bands.
By Craig Corse. The Orcadian, Thursday, 13th April, 2006.
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Remember the name - Blindspot. In just a few years this Orkney band may well have moved on to bigger things, if their spectacular performance in Kirkwall’s Town Hall on Friday was anything to go by. From the start of their set clear that they were going to be different from what had come before them. Josh McGregor, who sings and plays guitars, made a walk-on entrance through the crowd and lead guitarist, Darren Tait, had a smoke machine strategically placed next to his foot. Also in the band are Tom Robinson, who plays drums, and bassist, Scott McCormick.Some covers performed included a recent chart topper ‘No Tomorrow’ by Orson and two Coldplay covers - ‘Yellow’ and ‘The Scientist’. ‘Yellow’, in particular, showed the group’s talents, both as individual musicians and a group, and this was clearly a polished performance. This song also showed off Josh’s talents as a vocalist as he has the perfect voice for the type of rock/indie music the band perform.
Another noticeable merit was that the band make very good use of dynamics, a subtle yet simple technique often forgotten about or ignored by others.
The boy’s own tunes were all excellent and easily fit into the same genre of music as their covers. One audience member commented: “They are a really good group and their own stuff’s really strong.
“They’ve played a really good balance of well known tunes and new ones so tonight, as usual, they were spot on.”
Towards the end of the night, the band were clearly not afraid to involve the audience in their performance, with Josh going on a crowd-pleasing walkabout.
They finished the night off with one of their own numbers, ‘Hold On’. The group are currently recording their EP, which is about half finished. Thanks to the funds raised from this gig, they hope to press on with the recording and have it released within the next couple of months.
Having heard this group on a few different occasions, I can definitely say that this was their best performance, and i hope that their EP leads them on to many more big things. They Deserve it.

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